What is burnout stress?

Burnout stress is kind of extinction of motivation and directly related to the physical and emotional exhaustion. Stress and burnout are closely related. Prolonged stress can be physically draining, causing you to feel tired much of the time, or no longer have the energy you once did. Getting out of bed to face another day of the same gets more difficult. Emotional exhaustion includes feelings like moody, feeling impatient, nervous, extremely sad or frustrated more than normal. Withdrawing somewhat from interpersonal relationships is another possible sign of burnout. You may feel like you have less to give, or less interest in having fun, or just less patience with people. But for whatever reason, people experiencing burnout can usually see the effects in their relationships. Because of these symptoms, it is quite possible that you lose your confidence, become more pessimistic towards life and lose hope. In case of job burnout, there is a possibility of absenteeism, lack of interest in the work, etc.

Burnout often occurs when you are overwhelmed and sometimes not able to meet the constant demands of people around you be it your boss, your friends, your spouse, family etc. The list goes on. This make you lose interest in things that you used to like also. You may be on the lines of burnout if you are feeling boredom on a daily basis, you are exhausted all the time, you feel that no matter what I do, everything goes wrong or does not fit for others, majority of the tasks you do in a day are boring and no energy left to do them and very dull.
Some ways to prevent burnout are:
- Practice relaxation techniques like deep breathing, meditation, writing a journal of your thoughts, etc.
- Get enough sleep. Probably that is one of the reasons why you are not able to concentrate and losing interest and feeling the stress.
- Eat healthy and at frequent intervals.
- Enhance your creative side. Explore on your others areas of talent so that you get back to your good mood.
- Talk to your family and friends about how you feel. Do not carry the baggage of stress and other negative feelings with you all the time. Dump them once and for all in a room and never enter that room ever.